[mdlug] What to give a Software Programmer interested in Linux

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: Michael Corral

> But if the goal is to do actual Linux programming, then learning things
> like Emacs, vi, bash, and various command-line utilities (grep, sort,
> sed, awk, etc.) is important, IMHO. Being comfortable on the command
> line and "gluing" various tools together is still a big part of the
> Linux/UNIX "way", certainly for programmers. Emacs is a good way of
> getting introduced to all that, with all the ways it has of 
> interacting with the OS (and other things:).

 If the goal is indeed to do Linux programming, then Eric Raymond's book "The
Art of Unix Programming" would be quite valuable:

 http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/

 The whole book is available online, or you can buy it from various places.

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                          (313) 227-2317

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